Solid-state imaging device and a method of reading a signal charge in a solid-state imaging device which can reduce smear and can provide an excellent image characteristic

摘要

A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of sensor portions, and a vertical shift register corresponding to each of a series of sensor portions. A transfer electrode of the vertical shift register is formed of a first electrode and a second electrode which are repeatedly provided corresponding to the respective series of sensor portions and also formed continuously between the sensor portions adjacent to each other in the vertical direction. A signal charge is read out from each of the sensor portions through a portion below a read gate portion of the first electrode between sensor portions a located in the vertical direction.